italian apple cake

When I grow up I want to be an Italian grandmother. Short, a little stout, apron permanently affixed. My days will be filled with putzing around in the kitchen making an obscene number of delicious goodies for family and friends while mumbling in incoherent Italian. And naturally, this will all take place in a beautiful […]

bacon turnovers and football

Bacon Turnovers aka Latvian Spekis Piragi Recipe

This recipe had me at bacon. The past few weeks, the interwebz have been flooded with recipes that are “perfect for the Super Bowl”. But it’s still the same old wings and dip, year after year. Come on world. INSPIRE ME. Then I stumbled on a recipe for Spekis Piragi, a buttery Latvian turnover filled […]